NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will ...

During its flybys, the probe will measure the moon’s magnetic and gravity fields, providing information about Europa’s interior composition to help resolve such debates. While Clipper is not ...

NASA Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Europa, but it has some stops to make before it investigates the habitability of ...

NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) ...

The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.

The moon’s ocean is estimated to contain ... “We will learn what makes Europa tick, from its core and rocky interior to its ocean and ice shell to its very thin atmosphere and the surrounding ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ...

setting up 49 close flybys of the frigid moon Europa, an ice covered world with an interior warmed by the relentless squeezing of Jupiter's gravity as it swings around the giant planet in a ...

Characterize the geology of Europa. Goal number two is closest to the heart of the SETI Institute’s mission — determining whether the icy moon and its subsurface ... to unlock clues about its ocean ...

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, ...

Warmth from Europa’s interior and tidal energy from Jupiter likely maintain a massive liquid ocean beneath the moon’s icy surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Michael Carroll Europa, Ganymede ...